List of one-club men in association football

A one-club man is a term used to describe a football player who has played his entire professional career with only one club. In the strictest definition, one-club men are rare in football, due to the tendency of (mostly younger) players to move for financial reasons or (mostly older) players to play at a lower level (if the club is relegated, which is the norm in most countries) in order to prolong their careers. One-club men often become club captain at some point in their career.

Players (past or present) must have been at their club for a minimum of ten years in order to be included here. Those players eligible for inclusion in 2009 can be seen here.

Name	Nation	Club	From	To	Span (years)
Tony Adams	England	Arsenal	1984	2002	18
Flórián Albert	Hungary	Ferencváros	1958	1974	16
Jack Angus	England	Exeter City	1930	1948	18
John Angus	England	Burnley	1956	1972	16
Guido Ara	Italy	Pro Vercelli	1908	1921	13
Jimmy Armfield	England	Blackpool	1954	1971	17
Klaus Augenthaler	Germany	Bayern Munich	1975	1991	16
Colin Baker	Wales	Cardiff City	1953	1966	13
Ottavio Barbieri	Italy	Genoa	1919	1932	13
Franco Baresi	Italy	A.C. Milan	1977	1997	20
Jim Barrett	England	West Ham United	1924	1939	15
Gareth Barry	England	Aston Villa	1997	present	11
Adolf Bechtold	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1942	1963	21
Giuseppe Bergomi	Italy	Internazionale	1981	1999	18
Santiago Bernabéu	Spain	Real Madrid	1911	1927	16
Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes	France	FC Nantes	1969	1987	19
Carlo Bigatto	Italy	Juventus	1913	1931	21
Bob Birkett	England	Blackpool	1896	1906	10
Ricardo Bochini	Argentina	Independiente	1972	1991	19
Marco Bode	Germany	Werder Bremen	1989	2002	13
Giampiero Boniperti	Italy	Juventus	1946	1961	15
Carlos Borja	Bolivia	Bolívar	1977	1997	20
Geoff Bradford	England	Bristol Rovers	1949	1964	15
Trevor Brooking	England	West Ham United	1966	1984	18
Wes Brown	England	Manchester United	1996	present	11
Gadi Brumer	Israel	Maccabi Tel-Aviv	1991	2004	13
Morten Bruun	Denmark	Silkeborg IF	1988	2001	13
Giacomo Bulgarelli	Italy	Bologna	1959	1975	16
Michael Buskermolen	Netherlands	AZ	1988	2006	18
Gerry Byrne	England	Liverpool	1957	1969	12
Rıza Çalımbay	Turkey	Beşiktaş J.K.	1980	1996	16
Ernie Callaghan	England	Aston Villa	1930	1947	17
José Antonio Camacho	Spain	Real Madrid	1973	1989	16
Jamie Carragher	England	Liverpool	1996	present	12
José Luis Carranza	Peru	Universitario de Deportes	1986	2004	18
Iker Casillas	Spain	Real Madrid	1998	present	10
Ross Caven	Scotland	Queen's Park	1982	2002	18
Rogério Ceni	Brazil	São Paulo FC	1990	present	18
Cesarino Cervellati	Italy	Bologna	1948	1962	14
Jack Charlton	England	Leeds United	1952	1973	21
Miguel 'Chendo'	Spain	Real Madrid	1982	1998	16
Gerard Cieślik	Poland	Ruch Chorzów	1948	1959	11
George Cohen	England	Fulham	1956	1969	13
Gianpiero Combi	Italy	Juventus	1923	1934	11
Denis Compton	England	Arsenal	1936	1950	14
Leslie Compton	England	Arsenal	1930	1952	22
Ken Coote	England	Brentford	1949	1964	15
Jürgen Croy	East Germany	Sachsenring Zwickau	1965	1982	17
Cosme Damião	Portugal	Benfica	1904	1916	12
Mike Davies	England	Blackpool	1984	1995	11
Jimmy Dickinson	England	Portsmouth	1946	1965	19
Johnny Dixon	England	Aston Villa	1945	1961	16
Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1955	1965	10
Dieter Eilts	Germany	Werder Bremen	1985	2002	17
Jean-Luc Ettori	France	AS Monaco	1977	1994	17
Giacinto Facchetti	Italy	Internazionale	1960	1978	18
Vladimir Fedotov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow	1960	1975	15
Teodoro Fernández	Peru	Universitario de Deportes	1931	1953	22
Tom Finney	England	Preston North End	1946	1960	16
André Flem	Norway	Stabæk	1990	2003	14
John Forrest	England	Bury	1966	1980	14
Bill Foulkes	England	Manchester United	1952	1969	17
Redfern Froggatt	England	Sheffield Wednesday	1945	1960	15
Juan Carlos Franco	Paraguay	Olimpia Asunción	1992	2005	13
Billy George	England	Aston Villa	1897	1911	14
Steven Gerrard	England	Liverpool	1997	present	11
Nigel Gibbs	England	Watford	1983	2002	19
Ryan Giggs	Wales	Manchester United	1990	present	18
Francisco Javier González	Spain	Deportivo de La Coruña	1988	2005	17
Raúl González	Spain	Real Madrid	1994	present	14
Yannis Goumas	Greece	Panathinaikos	1994	present	14
Jürgen Grabowski	West Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1965	1980	15
John Greig	Scotland	Rangers	1961	1978	17
Julen Guerrero	Spain	Bilbao	1992	2006	14
Guti	Spain	Real Madrid	1996	present	12
Dougie Gray	Scotland	Rangers	1925	1947	22
Grenville Hair	England	Leeds United	1948	1964	16
Alan Harrington	Wales	Cardiff City	1952	1966	14
Werner Heilig	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1939	1957	18
Abel Ernesto Herrera	Argentina	Estudiantes de La Plata	1972	1988	16
Alan Hodgkinson	England	Sheffield United	1954	1971	17
Hermann Höfer	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1953	1967	14
Tor Egil Horn	Norway	Bodø/Glimt	1996	2007	12
Lars Høgh	Denmark	OB	1977	2000	23
Frank Hudspeth	England	Newcastle United	1910	1929	19
Paul Hurst	England	Rotherham United	1993	present	15
Toni Huttunen	Finland	MyPa	1992	present	14
Glyn James	Wales	Blackpool	1960	1975	15
Harold Jarman	England	Bristol Rovers	1959	1973	14
Harry Johnston	England	Blackpool	1934	1955	21
Sotiris Kaiafas	Cyprus	AC Omonia	1967	1984	17
Józef Kałuża	Poland	Cracovia	1912	1931	19
Vangel Kaundjiev	Bulgaria	Botev Plovdiv	1927	1942	15
Gary Kelly	Ireland	Leeds United	1991	2007	16
Hugh Kelly	Scotland	Blackpool	1943	1960	17
Alan Knight	England	Portsmouth	1978	2000	22
Hans-Jürgen Kreische	East Germany	Dynamo Dresden	1964	1978	14
Jim Hammond	England	Fulham	1928	1939	11
Karl-Heinz Körbel	Germany	Frankfurt	1972	1991	19
Bülent Korkmaz	Turkey	Galatasaray	1987	2005	18
Giorgos Koudas	Greece	PAOK FC	1963	1984	21
Hakan Kutlu	Turkey	Ankaragücü	1992	2007	15
Brian Labone	England	Everton	1958	1971	13
Ray Lambert	Wales	Liverpool	1939	1956	17
Tommy Law	Scotland	Chelsea	1925	1939	14
Matthew Le Tissier	England	Southampton	1986	2002	16
Leandro	Brazil	Flamengo	1978	1990	12
Mario Lepe	Chile	Universidad Católica	1980	2000	20
Billy Liddell	Scotland	Liverpool	1939	1961	22
Dieter Lindner	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1956	1971	15
Nat Lofthouse	England	Bolton Wanderers	1941	1960	19
Gennady Logofet	Soviet Union	Spartak Moscow	1960	1975	15
Giacomo Losi	Italy	AS Roma	1955	1969	14
Tamagnini Nené	Portugal	Benfica	1967	1986	19
Sepp Maier	West Germany	Bayern Munich	1965	1980	15
Paolo Maldini	Italy	A.C. Milan	1984	present	24
Maurice Malpas	Scotland	Dundee United	1979	2000	21
Stelios Manolas	Greece	AEK Athens	1979	1998	19
Marcos	Brazil	Palmeiras	1992	present	16
Vladimir Maminov	Russia	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	1992	present	16
Guido Masetti	Italy	AS Roma	1929	1943	14
Alessandro Mazzola	Italy	Internazionale	1961	1977	16
Ian McAllister	Scotland	Ayr United	1977	1991	14
Billy McNeill	Scotland	Celtic	1957	1975	18
Brian Miller	England	Burnley	1955	1966	11
Willie Miller	Scotland	Aberdeen	1972	1990	18
Tony McDonnell	Ireland	UCD AFC	1993	2007	14
Donald McKinlay	Scotland	Liverpool	1910	1929	19
Robert "Bobby" McKinlay	Scotland	Nottingham Forest	1949	1969	20
Paul McStay	Scotland	Celtic	1981	1997	18
John McDermott	England	Grimsby Town	1987	2007	20
David Meiklejohn	Scotland	Rangers	1919	1936	17
Reinaldo Merlo	Argentina	River Plate	1969	1984	15
Thabo Mooki	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	1994	present	14
Charlie Moore	England	Bradford City	1926	1939	13
Ronnie Moran	England	Liverpool	1952	1968	16
Hugh Murray	Scotland	St Mirren	1997	present	11
Igor Netto	Soviet Union	Spartak Moscow	1948	1966	18
Gary Neville	England	Manchester United	1992	present	16
Per Nielsen	Denmark	Brøndby	1993	present	15
Oka Nikolov	Macedonia	Eintracht Frankfurt	1994	present	14
Tore Nordtvedt	Norway	Brann	1963	1979	17
Arne Nyberg	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	1932	1950	18
Raúl Ormeño	Chile	Colo-Colo	1975	1991	17
Cristóbal Ortega	Mexico	América	1974	1992	18
Bob Paisley	England	Liverpool	1939	1954	15
Harry Parkes	England	Aston Villa	1939	1955	16
Keith Peacock	England	Charlton Athletic	1962	1979	14
Manuel Pellegrini	Chile	Universidad de Chile	1973	1986	13
Frank Penn	England	Fulham	1915	1934	19
Pepe	Brazil	Santos FC	1954	1969	15
Lars Ricken	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	1993	2007	14
Óscar Pérez Rojas	Mexico	Cruz Azul	1993	present	15
Jack Pinder	England	York City	1932	1948	16
João Pinto	Portugal	FC Porto	1981	1997	16
Claude Puel	France	AS Monaco	1979	1996	17
Antonio Rattin	Argentina	Boca Juniors	1956	1970	14
Ola By Rise	Norway	Rosenborg	1977	1995	18
Miguel Ángel Russo	Argentina	Estudiantes de La Plata	1975	1988	13
Ted Sagar	England	Everton	1929	1953	24
Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo	Spain	Real Madrid	1983	2001	18
Nilton Santos	Brazil	Botafogo	1948	1964	16
Thomas Schaaf	Germany	Werder Bremen	1978	1994	16
Angelo Schiavio	Italy	Bologna	1922	1938	16
Paul Scholes	England	Manchester United	1993	present	15
Peter Schöttel	Austria	Rapid Vienna	1986	2001	15
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck	West Germany	Bayern Munich	1966	1979	13
Uwe Seeler	West Germany	Hamburger SV	1953	1972	19
Ger Senden	Netherlands	Roda JC	1989	present	19
Turgay Şeren	Turkey	Galatasaray S.K.	1949	1966	17
Ken Shellito	England	Chelsea	1957	1969	12
Eric Sikora	France	RC Lens	1985	2004	19
Alex Smith	Scotland	Rangers	1894	1915	21
Doug Smith	Scotland	Dundee United	1958	1976	18
Vladimir Soria	Bolivia	Bolívar	1985	2000	15
Keith Stevens	England	Millwall	1981	1998	17
Ron Stitfall	Wales	Cardiff City	1947	1964	17
Trond Strande	Norway	Molde	1991	2007	16
Eduard Streltsov	Soviet Union	Torpedo Moscow	1954	1970	16
Paul Sturrock	Scotland	Dundee United	1974	1989	15
Humood Sultan	Bahrain	Muharraq Club	1974	1998	24
Sjaak Swart	Netherlands	Ajax	1956	1973	17
Alfredo Tena	Mexico	América	1973	1991	18
Willie Thornton	Scotland	Rangers	1936	1954	18
Yegor Titov	Russia	Spartak Moscow	1995	present	13
Francesco Totti	Italy	AS Roma	1992	present	16
Derek Tracey	Ireland	Shamrock Rovers	1989	2006	17
Tommy Traynor	England	Southampton	1952	1966	14
Bert Trautmann	West Germany	Manchester City	1949	1964	15
John Trollope	England	Swindon Town	1960	1980	20
Bert Tulloch	England	Blackpool	1914	1924	10
Berti Vogts	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1965	1979	14
William Waddell	Scotland	Rangers	1938	1956	18
Billy Walker	England	Aston Villa	1919	1933	14
Fritz Walter	West Germany	Kaiserslautern	1937	1959	22
Joe Wark	Scotland	Motherwell	1965	1985	20
Konrad Weise	East Germany	Carl Zeiss Jena	1970	1986	16
Tim Williamson	England	Middlesbrough	1902	1923	21
Herbert Wimmer	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1966	1978	12
Willie Woodburn	Scotland	Rangers	1938	1955	17
Paul Wotton	England	Plymouth Argyle	1994	present	14
Billy Wright	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1939	1959	20
Xavi Hernandez	Spain	FC Barcelona	1998	present	10
Lev Yashin	Soviet Union	Dynamo Moscow	1949	1971	22
Müjdat Yetkiner	Turkey	Fenerbahçe S.K.	1979	1995	17
Michael Zorc	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	1981	1998	17
George Young	Scotland	Rangers	1941	1957	16